Toronto police say an alleged hit-and-run that left one man dead in the city’s east end is now being treated as a homicide.
They say officers were called to the area of Danforth and Cedarvale Avenues shortly before 4 a.m. Sunday for reports of a person injured in a collision.
Police say the person hit by a vehicle was at a bar and the suspect was speaking with a group of people outside.
They allege the suspect left the scene, got into the driver’s seat of a vehicle and hit the person as he was walking along the sidewalk.
Police say the suspect left the scene in a dark-coloured SUV after the collision and say the pedestrian was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
He was later pronounced dead and has been identified as Gabriel del Castillo Mullally, 25, of Toronto.
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In a Facebook post, actress Maria Del Mar identified him as her son. “I am broken beyond repair,” she wrote in a raw message.
Mullally himself was involved in film and television, appearing in 2011’s Amy George, a film that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The production company behind the film confirmed to Global News that Mullally had starred in their feature.
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“We’re shocked and devastated by Gabriel’s tragic death,” they said in a short statement. “Out of respect for his family, we’d prefer to not say anything at this time.”
Police are asking anyone with information on the incident to come forward.
— with files from Global News
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